5th grade reading group! Here is your first blog point. In order to get the "blog point" read the following selection below. After reading the selection, determine the author's purpose. To respond, click with your mouse on the word 'comments' below this post. When you click on the work 'comments,' it should allow you to write in a white box. Write what you think the author's purpose was and write 2-3 sentences telling me WHY you think that was the author's purpose. You must tell me why in order to recieve the point.
The selection:
Edith Roosevelt was the First Lady at the turn of the last century. She was married to Theodore Roosevelt. She managed the White House while raising six children. She had known Theodore Roosevelt since she was a baby. She was a playmate of his younger sister.
What was the author's purpose for this selection? How do you know?
The purpose of this selection is to inform us about E.Roosevelt. The information is about E.Roosevelt and the information is factual.
ReplyDeleteThe Authors purpose is to inform you, because she was a great woman who got married to a president.
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